Visitors to the 3,000-acre National Wildlife Refuge in Mason Neck, Va., for example, could be arrested for possession of common bird feathers under a law enacted nearly a century ago. The refuge’s ...

A Washington state man accused of helping kill more than 3,000 birds — including eagles on a Montana Indian reservation — then illegally selling their carcasses and feathers intends to plead guilty to ...

MinuteEarth, which has 3.23 million subscribers, explains that all of these feathers are real bird feathers, and there are no fakes. These are inexpensive feathers sold at craft stores, but they are ...

Female tanager birds dig flamboyant males. So to build plumage that really pops with orange or red or yellow, a male has to eat fruits and absorb their carotenoids. The fancy feathers he produces then ...

Some parts of western Washington are getting snow. by MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press A Washington state man accused of helping kill more than 3,000 birds — including eagles on a Montana Indian ...

Many birds’ feathers are remarkably efficient at shedding water — so much so that “like water off a duck’s back” is a common expression. Much more unusual are the belly feathers of the sandgrouse, ...

It might seem harmless to pick up a colourful feather and take it home as a keepsake, but in many countries, including Canada, the United States, and the UK, doing so can actually be against the law.

When one of his eagles dies, Waha Thuweeka starts by painting the top of its head with a traditional dry ochre paint often used in Comanche ceremony, then traces the paths of its major arteries and ...

Peacock tails are just one example of how evolution walks a line between favoring traits that make it easier to survive, and traits that make it easier to find a mate. In a new study, scientists have ...

A Washington state man accused of helping kill more than 3,000 birds — including eagles on a Montana Indian reservation — then illegally selling their carcasses and feathers intends to plead guilty to ...